GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — Cameron Knowles was promoted to coach of Major League Soccer's Minnesota United on Monday, a day after Eric Ramsay quit to coach West Bromwich Albion in England's second tier League Championship.
Knowles, 43, was a defender in MLS from 2005-11 with Salt Lake, Portland and Montreal. He became a Portland assistant from 2012-17 and its reserve team coach from 2018-21, then joined Minnesota as a video analyst. He was briefly interim coach in January 2024 and had been an assistant under Ramsay.
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FILE - Minnesota Thunder's Kevin Taylor (5) and Cameron Knowles, right, challenge Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham, left, as he makes a pass between them in an exhibition soccer game, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor, filmmaker and author B.J. Novak will host next month's PEN America gala at the American Museum of Natural History.
Hundreds in the publishing community and beyond are expected to gather May 14 for the free expression organization's signature fundraising event. Novak is known for his role as Ryan Howard on “The Office” and for such bestsellers as “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories” and “The Book with No Pictures.”
“His exceptional and wide-ranging artistry on screen, on the page, and in writing rooms makes him ideal to celebrate the written word and free expression at a moment when governments want to censor and deny both at alarming levels,” PEN America co-CEO Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf said in a statement released Thursday.
Honorees will include author-bookseller Ann Patchett and film producer Jason Blum.
FILE - B.J. Novak, left, speaks at a ceremony honoring Mindy Kaling with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - B.J. Novak speaks at a ceremony honoring Mindy Kaling with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Feb. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
